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kmn5
08-16-2005, 01:00 AM
not much to say
meet up with the CLK after the brooklyn bridge getting onto the BQE late Sat/early sun morning around 2:30am

I was just cruising along till the the CLK came up behind me riding my ass. After a 2 mins he pulls along side, and a gun it.
there's some traffice out, not much
I'm in the left lane, up ahead the middle and right lane has cars in it.
Think the CLK was planning on going around.
We both get on it hard and I pull away
and get to the gap in traffic first.
think he's got 340hp? (at the crank)

He has to duck behind me to pass the cars.
after we clear he moves into the middle can and tries again.
I get on the gas again in 3rd at about 70mph?
and pull on him again,
shift to 4th at 6500 rpm and the car surges forward
move traffic comes up
I make the gap and he follows again
As we aproach the atlantic st exit (headed west bound)
he pulls into the middle lane ( I had let off after clearing the last batch of traffic)
the road curves hard to the left and right and dips down
and enters the long straight away thats 20 feet below street level.
CLK backs off hard on the delcined left handed sweeper.
I had braked right before entering the turn, down shited to 3 and acclerated into the sweeper
By the time I exit the "S", he's dropped back about 30 feet
and upshift to 4th and gun it up to 110mph
when the road inclines up and there's another big left tun
tap the brakes and coast through the wide turn at about 80mph
I slow down as he play catch up again
a minute later we come to the big Straightaway over the Gowanus, it's about 3.5 miles of road here (I've gone 165 on my Ninja here before)
here I open it up to about 125~130
fastest I've taken the Lexus so far
the CLK pulls pretty hard but I still walk him easy.
after I put like 10 blocks on him, I hit the brakes cause there's like 1 or 2 cars coming up.
This is the scary part, I'm in the left lane next to the conrete barrier at ~125mph hit the brakes and the car pulls toward the left! :eek3: :ohnoes: :eek:
shit my left side TT caliper must be gripping first
I need to rebleed the right side for airbubbles
then again this is the 1st time I'm testing the TT calipers at this speed
good thing I held the wheel tight :happysad:

Protogy001
08-16-2005, 01:18 AM
Good kill, glad to hear that you didn't wreck! :runaway:

Brown Duckz
08-16-2005, 08:37 AM
New AMG 55 has 350+ underrated horsepower..... 13.0 car.

SupaSupraSE
08-16-2005, 01:06 PM
Nice kill!

kmn5
08-16-2005, 01:34 PM
Thanks guys
but hold the applause, he wasn't the brand new clk 55 :(
it was the 2001+ body CLK55 (thikn that one runs 13.3?)

Brown Duckz
08-16-2005, 03:23 PM
Thanks guys
but hold the applause, he wasn't the brand new clk 55 :(
it was the 2001+ body CLK55 (thikn that one runs 13.3?)01' is around 13.50, 03' is closer to 13.3......

turbo_gts
08-16-2005, 03:33 PM
good kill :rl:

UrBaN cUsToMs
08-16-2005, 07:35 PM
clk 55 should have been no match.good kill.

Brown Duckz
08-16-2005, 07:36 PM
clk 55 should have been no match.good kill.The new one is hell on wheels...... ;)

Supra4ever
08-16-2005, 09:27 PM
Nice kill, the older CLK55 are no joke either.

Older CLK55
347hp
376 lb-ft torque peak at 3000rpm :ohnoes:

Newer CLK55
Displacement: 332 cu in, 5439cc
Power (SAE net): 362 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 376 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Transmission: 5-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
Wheelbase: 106.9 in
Length/width/height: 182.6/68.5/55.4 in
Curb weight: 3808 lb
Zero to 60 mph: 4.7 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 11.3 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 20.2 sec
Zero to 150 mph: 30.5 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.0 sec
Standing 1/4-mile: 13.2 sec @ 107 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 156 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 173 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.80 g
EPA fuel economy, city driving: 15 mpg
C/D-observed fuel economy: 18 mpg

Both cars are no joke, never experiended the older version, but the new one is incredible, the low end torque is :drool:

UrBaN cUsToMs
08-16-2005, 09:29 PM
The new one is hell on wheels...... ;)


a supra is heaven on wheels

Brown Duckz
08-16-2005, 11:59 PM
a supra is heaven on wheels :bowrofl:

turbo_gts
08-17-2005, 10:36 AM
urban, you have one sweet-ass looking supra :cool: ! okay back to topic

kmn5
08-17-2005, 11:52 AM
Nice kill, the older CLK55 are no joke either.

Older CLK55
347hp
376 lb-ft torque peak at 3000rpm :ohnoes:

Newer CLK55
Displacement: 332 cu in, 5439cc
Power (SAE net): 362 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 376 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Transmission: 5-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
Wheelbase: 106.9 in
Length/width/height: 182.6/68.5/55.4 in
Curb weight: 3808 lb
Zero to 60 mph: 4.7 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 11.3 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 20.2 sec
Zero to 150 mph: 30.5 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.0 sec
Standing 1/4-mile: 13.2 sec @ 107 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 156 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 173 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.80 g
EPA fuel economy, city driving: 15 mpg
C/D-observed fuel economy: 18 mpg

Both cars are no joke, never experiended the older version, but the new one is incredible, the low end torque is :drool:

thanks guys
yeah I was worried about the torque on the clk
the german manufacturers tend to underrate their power(as opposed to the jap ones)

UrBaN cUsToMs
08-17-2005, 02:01 PM
urban, you have one sweet-ass looking supra :cool: ! okay back to topic


thanks, you have a nice looking girl. lol. if you had a car on your sig im sure id say it was sweet too.

turbo_gts
08-17-2005, 03:34 PM
thanks, you have a nice looking girl. lol. if you had a car on your sig im sure id say it was sweet too.
not to hijack the thread but here's a pic of the celica. i'll get some pics of the motor soon in the rides section soon

champazn
08-17-2005, 09:12 PM
That is a very nice kill.. good job bro